Leaderboard: Do you care more about story or combat in MMOs?
After E3, VG247 posted up an excerpt of an interview with Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red that included a startling comment: The studio...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO would’ve benefited from early access?
In our mailbag podcast a few weeks back, we answered a question about Wildstar, specifically about whether early access might have helped the game...
Make My MMO: Albion Online’s Percival, Dual Universe’s alpha 2, and Elite’s next big thing
It was an oddly quiet week for crowdfunded MMOs, probably owing to the short holiday week prior, but the news we did get was...
Betawatch: Bless Unleashed brings players around for another beta weekend
You know, Bless Unleashed has a bit of an uphill road to manage at the moment. It doesn't just have to fix bugs for...
Google DeepMind is dispatching an AI to face EU StarCraft II players in the name of science
So far, I'm not afraid of the Singularity happening if the best AI can do is translate things horribly and create stumbling idiots for...
Dragon’s Dogma Online is shuttering in December
It's entirely possible you don't remember Dragon's Dogma Online. The game it was based upon, Dragon's Dogma, is a weirdly enduring little game that...
Lawful Neutral: Dance studios, canvas bags, and ‘false advertising’ in the MMO industry
As I was writing our Lawful Neutral expose of Nerd Kingdom a few weeks ago, I was pretty bothered by the conduct of the...
Daybreak spent June creating even more new companies than we thought
This week, we've been covering some strange moves over at MMORPG company Daybreak, the studio long ago comfortably nestled under Sony's hierarchy as SOE...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the most from powercreep?
Last month, an MOP reader named Swifty replied to our Daily Grind about the last MMO he'd quit by calling out EverQuest II -...
RuneScape studio Jagex contradicts claim that its Chinese owner resold it
OK, so maybe Jagex hasn't been sold again, yet.
The backstory: Earlier this year, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up...
Jordan bans PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, plans to ban Fortnite and others
The Jordanian government has announced that the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) has officially banned PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. According to a report from Jordanian news...
Hi-Rez Studios announces the launch of UK-based Red Beard Games
It looks like Hi-Rez Studios is making sure the plural in its name is relevant. The company announced the launch of Red Beard Games...
ZeniMax and Bungie are part of a joint effort to fight against gamedev crunch
People are becoming more and more aware of the abusive mill game developers are being ground against in order to release the titles we...
Trademarks hint at big changes for Daybreak Game Company
Could Daybreak Game Company be about to split into two -- or more -- studios? Recent trademark filings on behalf of Daybreak suggest that...
More eyeballs lingered on League of Legends than Fortnite this year – so far
So, battle royale - was it just a fad? Probably not, or at least, if it is, it's not even close to being over....
No Man’s Sky boss on why placating players with prattle rather than proof doesn’t work
Sometimes, as media, and surely as players, we wish a studio would just... stop talking. Just be quiet. Nothing you say is going to...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMO for small-scale PvP?
A while back, we did a Daily Grind about whether size mattered in MMO PvP. We talked about how multiple MMOs are talking up...
RuneScape studio Jagex has been sold, again, this time valued at $530M
Back at the beginning of 2019, we covered the news that RuneScape developer Jagex was being put up for sale by the Chinese holding company...
The Daily Grind: Is there any IP that would get you into MMOARGs?
I get why MMO players are tired of hearing the word "mobile" in association with our genre, but I'm not prepared to give up...
Make My MMO: Ship of Heroes’ auction hall looks good, RAW’s Kickstarter progresses
This week in MMO crowdfunding, Ship of Heroes dropped a new video showing off both its night effects and the current functionality of its...
